Reading Matthew 8:14-22, NIV
Map: heals: fever, demon-possessed-fulfillment of prophecy-Isaiah 53:4; Foxes-holes, birds of the air have nests..Don of Man..no place to lay his head (vs 20); …let the dead bury their own dead.
Matthew 8:14-22, GNB
[14]Jesus went to Peter’s home, and there he saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
[15]He touched her hand; the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
[16]When evening came, people brought to Jesus many who had demons in them. Jesus drove out the evil spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
[17]He did this to make what the prophet Isaiah had said come true, “He himself took our sickness and carried away our diseases.”
[18]When Jesus noticed the crowd round him, he ordered his disciples to go to the other side of the lake.
[19]A teacher of the Law came to him. “Teacher,” he said, “I am ready to go with you wherever you go.”
[20]Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lie down and rest.”
[21]Another man, who was a disciple, said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”
[22]“Follow me,” Jesus answered, “and let the dead bury their own dead.”